Tidbits, do mean that it currently works on T Mobile phones, using it's own protocol, which the Pixel can't use?

Mike_c, thanks for the insight on what's coming. Do you think that when Universal profile comes online, will it work seamlessly with iMessage on my Pixel 2 XL? I'm in a band and all the other guys have iPhones. Apparently I screw up the features of iMessage for everyone just by being in the thread. ? I don't want to be the odd guy anymore, lol.

Tidbits, do mean that it currently works on T Mobile phones, using it's own protocol, which the Pixel can't use?

Mike_c, thanks for the insight on what's coming. Do you think that when Universal profile comes online, will it work seamlessly with iMessage on my Pixel 2 XL? I'm in a band and all the other guys have iPhones. Apparently I screw up the features of iMessage for everyone just by being in the thread. ? I don't want to be the odd guy anymore, lol.

Thanks!

Yes currently T-Mobile uses their own long before Universal Profile was introduced. T-Mobile is migrating over to the Universal Profile which was finalized I believe November of last year.

iMessages is doesn't work with RCS, and it's own thing. Apple doesn't support RCS.

Any device that has 8.0 unless Samsung changes it will support it by default at the OS level. There may need to be updates by Samsung to their stock app to make it work, but Android Messages should work as soon as T-Mobile flips the switch.

Ok thanks for the fast response. I don't actually use RCS services that much since many of my friends ether don't have T-mobile or they don't have the correct hardware to take advantage but its still nice knowing my phone has the functionality there in the event someone I am talking to also has it and decides not to use a alternative platform to message like Snapchat which is my go to platform.